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Better Believe It Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 12:13 PM
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Occupy Wall Street Sparks Great New Mass Movement


Occupy Wall Street Sparks Great New Mass Movement
By Matthew Rothschild
Editor of The Progressive
October 7, 2011

The Occupy Wall Street protest is the spark of a great new mass movement for economic justice, for economic democracy.

This movement is finally answering the question, “How long are Americans going to continue to roll over and just take all this abuse?”

And the answer: “No longer.”

The slogan of the protesters, “We are the 99%,” is a perfect one because it emphasizes just how undemocratic and unfair our current system is.

Read the full article at:

http://www.progressive.org/occupy_wall_street.html

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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 12:17 PM
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1. I had a bit of a mass movement myself this morning
It was quite a relief, and not a bad way to start a Friday.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-07-11 12:26 PM
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2. Bravo, K&R!
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